By Alan H. Strahler
Introducing actual Geography, 5th Edition is a accomplished textual content that builds upon the many years of luck of Strahler, who's one of many optimum geographers on the planet. This new 5th version contains all new sections with the features of connecting to multimedia and covers new updates to the topic quarter. The textual content additionally contains present examples of environmental phenomena in relation to the worldwide adjustments. The clarity of the textual content has been superior with new placements of boxed positive aspects and supplementary fabric.
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1 R 1:3,000,000 scale At a very small scale, the river is shown as a solid line. -6 44 38 33 –5 0 –1 5 60 –1 R ▲ 90 US 80 Mis sis sip pi ▲ 1:20,000 scale This map shows a detailed plan of the river and even includes contours on the river bed. Natchez of large scale have much greater resolving power than maps of small scale. PRESENTING NUMERICAL DATA ON THEMATIC MAPS In physical geography, we often need to display numerical information on maps. Weather data provides an example—here we might wish to display air temperature, air pressure, wind speed, or amount of rainfall.
Keep in mind, however, that these themes are quite general ones. Throughout this book, we will see many examples of scale, pattern, and process applied to such diverse phenomena as climate, vegetation, soils, and landforms. We will zoom in and out, examining processes at local scales and applying them to regions to create and explain broad patterns observed at continental and global scales. 7 Scale, pattern, and process ▲ As the Earth is viewed at increasingly finer scales, different patterns, created by different processes, emerge.
An especially interesting area is understanding how outputs are affected by errors and uncertainty in spatial data inputs, and how to communicate this information effectively to users. Geographic information systems is a rapidly growing field of geographic research and application. Given the rate at which computers become ever more powerful as technology improves, we can expect great strides in this field in future years. Remote Sensing for Physical Geography Another important geographic technique for acquiring spatial information is remote sensing.